Mozambican Fashion Conquers Salvador with Magical Realism and Ancestry

For the first time in Salvador, the visionary Mozambican designer King Levi presents the strength and sophistication of contemporary fashion from his continent. The Fancy Africa Brazil event takes place on November 30th, as part of the renowned Feira Preta Festival, at Docas 1, in Comércio. It is a mini-fashion show that brings together independent brands from various African countries, crowning the Black November celebrations in the Bahian capital with a vibrant and innovative showcase of fashion production made in Africa.

A Reunion of Ancestries

Salvador, globally recognized as one of the most vibrant territories of the African diaspora, will be the stage for a symbolic and powerful encounter. Fancy Africa Brazil promotes the return, in the form of contemporary creation, of aesthetics, gestures, and narratives that helped shape the city's own cultural identity. In this way, the project deepens this ancestral dialogue and projects it into the future, boosting Afro-Brazilian fashion by strengthening and giving visibility to stylists, makeup artists, hair braiders, and other professionals who daily build an aesthetic repertoire aligned with their roots.

An Overview of Contemporary African Fashion

To materialize this connection, a delegation of African designers and models arrives in Salvador, presenting the public with a diverse panorama of current fashion. Brands such as Xigubo, Camila Kutsura, Abi Creations, Bravaas, Ilda Versátil, Puntz Wear and T'sava By Ancha  make up the selection, accompanied by the Brazilians Rey Vilas Boas and Tia Ró Fuxiqueira. Each piece in the show carries layers of narratives, artisanal techniques and cultural repertoires that unequivocally affirm the sophistication, innovation and economic potential of African fashion – which is increasingly consolidating its position as a global reference.

Breaking Stereotypes Through Creativity

Developed in strategic partnership with Feira Preta, the project inaugurates a new route for creative and entrepreneurial exchange between territories that share histories and ancestries. For King Levi, however, the fashion show is also a mission of reconnection. “We know that Bahia lives an Afrocentric fashion scene, but it’s a fashion that the Black people of Bahia idealized from Africa. My intention is to show, in fact, what African fashion is today,” explains the creative director. “There is a distorted view of the continent, often associated only with misery. Fancy Africa was born precisely to break with this stereotype. We want to reveal an Africa of royalty, luxury, and creativity. It is through fashion that we embody this idea. I am here to show that it is possible, because we are the gold, with our intelligence and creativity.”